Marc JohnsonJan 29, 20113 min readThe Moral Test“The moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life; the children, those who are in the...
Marc JohnsonNov 15, 20103 min readThe Olbermann FileI have been trying for a week now to sort out just how I feel about this Keith Olbermann matter and I keep coming back to one question:...
Marc JohnsonOct 22, 20103 min readJuan WilliamsI confess that I’m not at all sure how I feel about the sacking by National Public Radio (NPR) of long-time analyst and historian of the...
Marc JohnsonSep 16, 20101 min readEd NewmanYou wonder if a guy as gifted and rumpled as Edwin Newman could find a job in television these days. He might be considered too erudite,...
Marc JohnsonAug 13, 20105 min readWhatever Happened To…I confess that I hadn’t been following all that closely the controversy in New York City over the proposed construction of a Muslim...
Marc JohnsonJul 25, 20102 min readDan SchorrTruth be told, I do miss it, but what I miss is so long gone as to be an historic relic. The TV news of CBS from the 1950’s to the 1970’s...
Marc JohnsonApr 13, 20103 min readWho Was This PulitzerThe Pulitzer Prizes were announced yesterday. The awards are an annual and much anticipated part of modern journalism, literature,...
Marc JohnsonSep 23, 20092 min readNews You May Have MissedW. Horace Carter was hardly a household name. He should have been, at least for journalists and civil libertarians. Carter won the...
Marc JohnsonSep 9, 20092 min readWhoops…the Main Stream Media Falls for it AgainI’ve often thought that if the occasional Michael Jackson funeral or Mark Sanford hike on the Appalachian Trail didn’t materialize to...
Marc JohnsonJul 29, 20092 min readCronkite…Broadcast Journalism’s Gold StandardIt’s been noted extensively since Cronkite’s recent death at age 92, that he was a “working reporter” even as he became “the most trusted...